Iomart Regulatory News (IOM)

12 Jan 2006 10:05

Iomart Group PLC12 January 2006 Iomart Group plc Netintelligence contract win iomart Group plc ("iomart") today announces that it has signed a five yearcontract to supply its Netintelligence online security and parental controlsoftware to MTA Inc., a US ISP based in Washington State and Alaska. The deal,conservatively valued at US$500,000 over the five years will commence inFebruary 2006. MTA will be offering Netintelligence as a core part of theirinternet service. All customers will receive anti-virus and anti-spyware asstandard and will be able to upgrade to full firewall and parental controls,including Instant messaging and peer to peer control, web blocking and timecontrols for a small monthly fee. MTA has annual revenue of approximately US$80 million and currently has 45,000customers. An MTA spokesman said, "We selected Netintelligence because they offered a verysimple to use product that covered off all the right security and internetsafety bases, whilst reducing support costs by increasing the number ofprotected customers on our network. There is no doubt in our minds that theNetintelligence solution is the only surefire way to do this right." Angus MacSween, chief executive of iomart commented "This is the first'bundling' contract with an ISP, where the Netintelligence product is deliveredas part of the basic internet service, guaranteeing usage and revenues.Negotiations are ongoing with a number of other national and internationalorganisations for similar deals. "Recent wins for the new hosted Netintelligence services through other channelsinclude Royal Mint, Companies House, William Grant and Bett Homes. "The increasing acceptance of the Netintelligence web based end point approachto security is encouraging, with a growing number of pilots and evaluationsunderway." Enquiries:Angus MacSween, Chief Executive Telephone: 0141 931 6400 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange